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_ 5 ts f li.rr q P ftt P E I. ' , . . -- - L : The Crawley Court-2011j4r. --. mi l:,*;:n u ----:-.1 :144: 1 ,‘.‘ The following ar:, toe re y,l e ~6;:tn"!-1#9(:-2.0 1 ,-7 ,:‘( ,„ 1 llighue,;s the Field-Marshal et ' . l 'itt:Ah """'5 . V•..., ``..'4: =!--:: :)11 the Gtmera.l Courr-nr , stial !If Wl'''. .. .:' rkt:::.o . kt tra- 17ti. N.rember, 1863, for s, 1):: ' - ii., / •,-,,..1 Colonel T. It. Crawley, 6 Drzgorma.N.,- - , .11 S Horse Guards, Jan. 14, isci. After a patient and protracted trial the conrt•martial on Lieut.-Colonel Crawlc ) --s been brought to a clone by the full and honourable acquittal of that Ohioan. The Judge-Advocate General has submitted to her :kis jesty to confirm and approve the procoedings, med tlio Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has recommended to her Majesty that the verdict of the Court should be now carried out. PUENITURE, CARPETS, REDDING, and the kinLOORCLOTTI, CRRIAGE-FREE to any house in floods men ec ond-class prices. gdom, regardless of amount or diennce. First. class Terms peculiarly liberal to from di mid gentlemen. An immense stock to select p„,er,-'2BPlayed in Shcwrcoms occupying an acre of ground. ~,1„-rifile warranted Lt ., are reftp lEN and GENT TMEN ABOUT TO FURd ecttully informed that Messrs. Cobbett an fnun_,' .iibllshing an entirely New Edition of their un adinir'„T, tr.OLTSI4.I FURNISHING GUIDE, Illnstrated by 41.9 Actiste'ne, engravings of every description of Furniture and Rost-fr ee '' with prices attached. A copy sent Matte and axle on spptication. shin costly work also contains axle estimates for furng on the following revised A Six -roomed Parsonage An Eight -roomed ditto A Ten -roamed ditto 0!, , Twelve -roomed iTtto 591 ll 0 1-ether with a trice List of purified Bedding, and amass ut valu able info..rnationto all requiring'househ 31r1 turniture, raet', or beddin.,.-. References kindly permitted to Cler2y rv,,,,est. a nd gentlemen in or ne ar G rea t M a l vern. S ou th am pton, W,;irer. Bury, Ely Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, 1,1, Oxford, Briglit'on Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder stn:;7, Wllington. Crcivdon. Cambrld're, Staines, Dorkl ng, Ivi.;::,;-_)an's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St.-David's, tr;t:i l ianl, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great CA, c ,.„ b • lIAd CO., House Furnishers, Deptford ridge, L _, • n E.E, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1864. N°. 22,326. PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. al. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. MURRAY WHERE (JAN WE MEE': AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. THE SOHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION. remark:, and after you have made yourself acquainted with the reply of Freiherr von Beust, will place me in a condi tion to report to my Government that you cannot but re cognise that the conduct of the Saxon Government has been entirely in accordance with honourable intentions.— Accept, &c., (Signed) VITZTIIITM. Jthit ready, in 3 vols., Dedicated to the Duchess of Athole, ELL A NOR MA N; OR, A WOMAN'S PERILS. The following diplomatic correspondence has taken place between the British and Saxon Govern ments in reference to the Schleswig-Holstein ques tion : By ELIZABETH A. MURRAY. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IjINAHAN'S LL B R r N H D i y S K Y v. COGNAC, This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i+ Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at EARL RUSSELL TO C. A, MURRAY, ESQ. Foreign Office, Dec. 17. Lieut.-Colonel Crawley will therefore resume the com mand of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons with tho least delay, and his Royal Highness trut•ts that he will prove by tact and jndgmertln the performance of his duties that he appreciates the importance of his position us a commanding- officer, and that the painful exp.:3riene'3 of the past has nec been lost upon him. On January 21, In 2 vols , post Svo., BELL A DONNA Or, The Cross before the Name. A Novel. Sir, —Her Majesty's Goverment have heard with sur prise and pain the language wlich has been held in reference to the London Protocol of My, 1851 The Powers which signedthat treaty, or eventually be came parties to it, must recolect that it was made binding not only on Denmark, but also on Great Britain, France, Russia, and Sweden, who ware parties to the treaty, and on all other States and Powers riving their consent or adhesion thereto, and that it was the otpressed object and aim of that treaty, not to regulate the nutual relations between Den mark and Germany, but to terve as an essential agreement in the general interest of Errope. A violation of the engagenent entered into by Denmark towards Germany, in the yews 1851 and 1852, is an offence the reparation of which may be justly demanded. Such a violation, however, cannot result in rendering a solemn European treaty invalid towtris other parties to it The promises made by Denmarl, in 1852, in reference to Schleswig and Holstein ma; have been for Austria and Prussia the prevailing moths, for their becoming parties to the Protocol of May, 1852, lut if those powers do not re main faithful to their engagements, they cannot with a shade of justice adduce an ,accuse that they were deceived in their expectations relative o the fulfilment by Denmark of obligations which had been tndertaken at a former period in other documents. THE NEW PRISON MINISTERS ACT. By GILBERT PYCE. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ",Kivahan's LL Whisky." At the January General Quarter Session of the Magis trates for the county of Middlesex, held at the Clerkenwell Sessions•house yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. H. Powall, after some routine business had been despatched, Mr. E. W. Cox rose, pursuant to notice, to move:— B—ANT from LONDON to NEW YORK (Li mi pie British and Amercan Steam Navization Company 801e4d) will DESI.ATCH one of the imdermentinned . Ice n . V (1 Past Screw Steamers TWICE E MONTH for - .crk:— 1. ' 0 111)n, Tone. Horse Power. .... ,00 Capt. G LOVF R. hr, EW A , '''' • • ' ••• • • • Capt. COUCH • 2,500 501 Capt FROOD. Th5 F ... ... .. 2,500 500 .. apt. HARRIS. gitvr, t , eilagnifiCeßt. vessels are unsurpassed by any oc s ea r n e- - blete'w l ,"ler, and have accommodation for passenger l every comort Thein will commence ear y 10 — v i , th e exact da t f e to . be fixed in a latter announcement. p i , La the Victoria Docks. Alti4rTret9:ht orpassage apply to the Company's Agents, . 41111 4' and 70, Cornhill. MODERN STANDARD COOKERY BOOKS. F RANCATE LTA'S COOK'S GUIDE. 1,000 Recipes. 40 Illustrations. ss. FRANCAT ELM'S MODERN COOK. 1,500 Recipes. 60 Illustrations. 12s. WHAT TO DO WITH THE COLD MUTTON. 2s. 6d. EVERYBODY'S PUDDING BOOK. 2s. 6d. THE LADY'S DESSERT BO )K. 2s. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. For it is only by a happy combinatLm of temper, judg ment, and discretion, united with firmness, that the coru mand of a regiment can be properly conducted.. and the more difficult the elements with which a commanding of may have to deal the :acre requisite is it for him to pcs sess and exercise those qualifications for command. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting LI Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, Am., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday from 5 to half-past 8 p.m. JOHN CATIS, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. The Court has remarked on the animus dispLyed by Major Swinley in giving his evidence, and has further no ticed the evasive, hesitating, and unsatisfactory character of the evidence of Surgeon Turnbull and Lieutenant and Adjutant Fitzsimon. In the proceedings of the Mhow court martial both Ma jor Swinley and Surgeon Turnbull were similarly reflected upon. ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. THE TRIALS OF 'ME TREDGOLDS. Thd New Novel, I,y DU'I'TON COOK, Author of " Leo," may be now eatained at all the Libraries and Book sellers, in 3 voturzes, post Bvo. London : P.,ampson Low, Son, and Marston, H, Ludgate- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity with the terms on which the first Mortgage Bonds of the Pennsyl vania Section of this Railroad were issued, the following BONDS, viz.: 80 BONDS OF I,COO DOLLARS EACH. 4 99 303 516 804 1093 1303 1640 21 142 345 512 806 1101 1314 1084 29 189 382 514 960 1102 1453 17 0 7 51 196 383 528 982 11 6 1455 17(8 52 231 411 529 986 1107 1463 1737 65 232 412 533 1028 1122 1464 1833 83 235 449 584 1056 1154 1465 1834 84 257 450 624 1058 1205 1571 1835 90 587 151 721 1077 1208 1599 1836 98 292 472 745 1084 1304 1600 1851 24 BONDS OF 500 DOLLARS EACH, His. Royal Highness was disposed on that occasion to give these officers a further trial, and did not remove th e m at that period from the Inniskilli::g Dragoons, but he f ee l s that he cannot again treat them with a like leniency. Major Swinley has unfortunately not availed him se lf of the forbearance then sh,wn to him. He has not ceased to entertain feelings which strike at the root of all dis cipline. Now ready, fcap., price is. 6d., cloth (postage 2d.), THE INNKEEPER'S LEGAL GUIDE : What he Must Do, What be May Do. and What he May Not Do. A 1 - I.ndy-Book to the Liabilites. limited and unlimited, of Inn-Keepers, Alehouse-Keepers, Refreshment house Keepers, ttri. With verbatim copies of the Innkeeper's Limited Liability Act. the General Licensing Act, an d F orms . By RICHARD T. TIDWELL, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. London Lockwood and Co., 7, Stationers' Ball-c:urt. 2024 2122 2144 2185 2257 2309 24.1 2472 2047 2127 2154 2221 2 , 74 2393 2444 2493 2008 2140 2108 2247 2298 2420 2459 2573 80 BONDS OF 100 DOLLARS EACH. [Baia p por app P er th 64 V f d. tao rw ,„ e t fo toe ss :to' a 0 0 : s to"' wWO! otorl e t 38 fof e y Au, t 1 0 ea , e a, A i to riei lase R.e. O, X 22 6 LI. "2. ;b. 24, 0 • a• a. 13. 11. n g 1. t. 3. b. 00 . 32. a.°' an o'o 1 ' )-h . 14, ii• ~42 IP tile ,ret 4; 0, ili c .1,1414 CO O P IO ntt t 0 " 9 0 to 71111 CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). No. 4, ABCHURCH-LANE. Capital • C 1,000,000. Cecil.em DIRECTORS. Qv " Walter Constable Esq. (Messrs. Constable and (3-po;keets\ enny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great .1114 en's. Writ. AT Little, Esq. Director of the Cane Town Railway. ~..41ti,.,LArtitur, Esq.. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander Ali Australian Merchants), 48 Moorgate-street. .14R_r400d, Esq. (Messrs. Eargood,, King, and Sargood), whoizsun and Melbourne Ayre, Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos altatilVad River Plate Rank. *ll GatterunlnPson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and Co.), 401 *NI aeer Sandeman, Esq. .841..1 kenr, E,3tannderson * Esq Messrs. Sandeman & Co. maerssSaq. Committee of Management. TUNIKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Mestres Sole Turners sinwic ),11,- oluinaes • , .• . andeirlor, are proef thisdCtompplascony onentaactive operation. the u t pproved Mercantile Bills .advinacreeq upoon net-otiable Securities. Ved on deposit, at call and short notice, at the -Deciallir_rzet rates, and for longer periods upon terms to be "%reed upon. TIONAL FINANCIAL W A R N I,PTY O 4 I I ,,,ZY (Limited) are are nre axed to RECEIVE SUB- To". Aa d for 4he Capital of ANGLO-ITALIAN b e i n noted), . ° l, ll)c ratt'cl under "The Companies' A et, 1 . 80`2," by , he leh LIMP itv of the Shareholders will be Limited to Po, CR b ii.`lollf o f shares. Ai•-'n A l t ,3o .44 r sieinc , in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. DN ptaken to raise from time to time such further an Y , may be necessary for the operations of the Corn- Pow ~, • .£1 per Share on Application, and further payment on Allotment of £4 per Share. Sir j- COUNCIL Of DIRECTORS. Ames The nucleon, Turin. Bar on Ricasoli, Florence. /pal Lubbock Esq. (Roberts, Lubbock, and Co.). dnlina Sen!on', Esq. (R. Benson and Co.). FrFderßordier, Esq. (Bordter, Fabric, and Co). chtuerick Doulton. Esq.. M.F. I 4rlea Goschen Es . (Fruhlinz and Goschen). 0 „; , q Gep r 'no , Eqq. (I. Leonine, and Co.) ch — ge Garden Nicol, Esq. 4,ar.es Bell, Esq. (I. Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co.). Ire% BANKERS. 8. Rebarts, Lubbock. and Co., 15, Lombard-street, E C. , 1 4 1 , 8 rs, girellairn, Dal SO lTe cl l i rra ß le . , and Ward, 40, tnent-street, Westminster. Parlia bre,B BROKERS. rg. Seymour and Co. :N. Throranorton-street. Cazenove and Co:, Threadneedle-street. 11 / 4 411 ein Poratv Offices-51. Old Broad-street. of the ,cations for shares are to be addresse i to the Directors . tileatto-Tterpational Financial Societf (Limited),. but no a t p e l'ef,et pt 'L i Will be cons , dered unless accompanied by h 7r th e Messrs. Robarts. Lubbock, and Co., the Bankers Plkeft i nPally, or of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co , the -wir e —of the international Financial Society, for ZI per ,htit t :,,n,, the number of shares applied for. This sum will be atd",,, 1 11 the event of the application not being. acceded en aI .ZI per share then lotment is made, due. it will be applied towards raleßf of ANGLO-ITALIAN BANK ' (LIMITED).- , ( IAT Me Directors of the INTERNATIONAL FINAN SROOCIETY (Limited), hereby give notice that NO " 44 0k‘" } IIR APPLICATION'S for SHARES in the above 'Will be received after SATURDAY, the 16th instant. By order, WALTER A. MICHAEL, Secretary. 4 , Old Broad-street, Jan. 14, lif'4. 11 7 ftr ERN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ‘..; 'b ~.ardtm-'l,l (Limited). ' - ' o° "ot. in 10).r00 hares o' £lO ertek. With power e r , o . it to inc rease. First I ssue , 25,' 00 Shares. 10s n Per Share, and lOs on allotment, beyond which The Lie:bility o n 't ° eac hl u ' rt h s e h r call is anticipated. each limited to the r),,, antonAelilliiiseShares. "lief - "'..ce , -3, P a o r ment-street, London ; i 7, Ri ng - st r re l e a t, Manchester. Clll ° A rni illsl ,2 -4 b L • T. , ll lB l al lt l z t c-r i, ° E n a q q - ; , M.P. for Oldham, Be -4 • Ir ell l an _r d , Slosi ihnetiresr and, Manch est . onuon ; and Ike Grange, Urmston, near ufat v...erelrVellliam k.,hain . P se . a (e h x a - t &Tayor of Sunderlan a d),_m_ap 134 'rlYl nth, Dul l , n . i. Middlesborough, nd Bishop- Oh , 1 Hall, Essex • and Chapion Lodge, Surrey. hoe Claud B Pion de Crespigny, Bart., Wyven- Paths- ENO' Examiner and Taxing Master to _ Isrient, middle Temple, London ; and Shirley, Croydon, 11, r re Y• - • Pull g u ,..,_ Fuller, Esq., 112, Piccadilly, London; Nte i lV• z 8 clu.n.:T l, Esq , M.D. 15, Lower Seymourt-srtrde,eitiAr.tman lv R o w , . widoi , i ; and Upton House , we V rAt tne , ll ,ester'. 1" Howard, D.C.LDistribUtor of Stamps, ,Rt fth . "ufram, r to the Dock Company, Ring ,,,,owaDon-11911and Hessle, Yorkshire. eir iii-,.ig Esq., Manchester. „bittil'_rty, ‘fLinwaring, Bart., Pe over Hall. Clinshire, Chair „' 11, ,',.. the Cheshire Midland Railway Company. ktn.• ' 4 °lleY Esq., 9, Berkeley street, Piccadilly ; and Carl ,,,i club f,ondon. ,iiiitil,iitit;lrt Neale Esq., Lincohfs-inn, London; and West . rt,h`',a,,llatn. Rent. ' htl'. li l 3B , ' Esq , J.P. (Alderman and ex-Mayor), Bee'jnfield, R 14044,, Birmingham, Director of the Birmir:gtam and )iql,t(tiand B'ank. _,. 11 1 ..., -14 Y Prize, Esq., 11, Prince's-terrace, Prince's-gate, 'aiiiile'Pa`k. London. 411 adcliffe Esq , Messrs. Samuel Radcliffe and Sons, of ita.tchester,'Oldharn, and Itochda' e. n . Rata ff. F.S A., J.P. f ,Aldermin and ev-mayoy), Tlir (41.4 1r:t0n Ricrhaston, I - iirining:•am, Director of the . rn at , , , ~ Btatt ghatri and MidLintl Bank. , 4 . ll ls t :F ai s e L r a' :csailier•eE. ''agent to the Earl of Derlay, Stand Hall, elle4l 4 fthain, Esq., Registrar of the Chancery Court, Man- With power to add to their number. GENERAL MANAGER. Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. . Caliai,aarew, Ttlair, Esq" 40, iCITORS. Brown -street Manchester. .. . ag., 14, Great W Queen -street, estminster. . 1 4 /t . ERORF7a, q z :p e dO tt , C arden and Son, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, 44t1. * iti l n e it il ' ESC I- I ndia-bnildings, Manchester. Me t --". a'iti Ingleby, Hull. Thy N. El Ili 1 - 4 1U1 b ' lIINERRS. Charing-cross, London. ~,Ititt , rrti,_ itlgt,ll . Cocks, and Co., 41. ( he 4"ata, ' l n and Midland Bans, 17, Union-street, Bir -44441114:ter Sad County Bank (Limited), York-street, r, RtCHERY rdin IN LONDON. Charles Hag, Esq., F.S.S. "CItETARY IN MANCHESTER NV. Bridges Row, Esci., B.A. . J 'll4lB-- As„"ola "°le,-klartrDGED PROSPECTUS. o l ltne,Lh 4 having been established to work in con - Western Manchester and London Life 311 / 31 13 a:r ret,?riti instituted ' the year 842, will c mmence 1.• val. 4 %IA many subAantial advantages q(l3er other e 4 .ertakings. 4.1 1 Whos e ?Id Widely-diffused connections air ady esta 't 441,fluenre and support have been sec+ red. cr l ß' 'Br of agencies, completely organise and in _ver Do Ittt,ter, With fully appointed chief < ffices Lon vortailt 01, pi' nester, and branch offices at Birmiugham, Pro Plac e Yillooth, Shrewsbury, Bradford, and other im *in th or, ege t;otuidh atte4„ ',vantages, the formation of this Company tlieV i ßs mi l t with small expense, and a large amount 4 ,,80 of ejectors i ramediately obtained. INelm muareholptisider that the interests of insurers, and t o k th;''k ool t " s e rs, will be beat promoted by treating every t, l ,:ret il - „,?.eut of "In merits, without referenc a to any tariff. Do allotment being made, the deposit will rro "a A. large number of shares is already %tat 8 1 ) etu n Me ti ll o e l d ei a t t 44 forms of application for shares may be f ors oe of the Company, of the Brokers, and o . /YRSTRN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY . _. 0 ,,, •Poouetrit3ylßEß(yLiniGitOLN That the LIST of and I St f ' S for SIIARAS in' this Company will will it tht 6 or London, on SATURDAY, the 3untry, on MONDAY, the ISth inst. l' 41111113 P SCRAPTM, M. egistered Oeces, a, P(4iament-street, l,Generalondeil,Manager. P.4AIII4"IzE mP.D A L —INTERNATIONAL CIS TUC I( lOCIIIRITION, 1862.' ER & CO , Wax Chandlers, ite., Sm., To the Runand the P:i nce of Wales. Established 17?0.) :111 fi. ' llir ° l 's n art( Wax and Church Candles, In 1 - 86 1. :•, k4111:11"t°11"e exelcpellen°cile of the quality ot Messrs. Tucke • 1,i4. dißti i e, WA li ker .ll,shed Dionitary in a letter addressed to Francis , 411 (1 Co., on tE.e subje'ct of 'l. CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, 4 1 , says : *111141.'7e fou nd t 1 40 You ~a , the fnlly equal to the recommendation 1 ,,. 4 t 11,46. V(, thern, and can sincerely, in y ttrn,7 com p the clergy or the use of tile altar. With Platted Wicks, patented.. d, per lb V (milli oil. per lb. 1) \r"° I''V Y .. sost"alit"k-lILE CANDLES, with a per lb. cost q u Z i ,. .. .. .. •• • • • • Is. :5 4 . er lb. 'tl.l'7 ' lll4lll' " ••• ... l s s: id: per lb. lilel4 Au.oltnintc. ''' "41n..1..0n:1Cn oiiOrde; of Five Pounds in vJue. 8,01.1 th .1,- tANCIS TUCKER AND CO., str.eegtioGjaro(Lsznor-square. Manufactory— raest , n "n dilishtd 1730). "stahlislitn,mt in England for the Manufacture °I NV II•t Candles for the use ot the Altar. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON "FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Jost published, A B 0 0 R. OF B E A U T Y. ri By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. THE OXFORD, A; OXFORD STRERT,IV. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES I INO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, IN almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, finish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCH AL KENB A CH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH (" or any oilier man "), Moeno, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Madigan, George flutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans. ANTERBURY HALL—THE GHOST in the k.) MA GIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful fforts ever produced. The scene, "The Tempest;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The fUght of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Fstab ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, Admission, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. RO YA L ALHAMBRA.-FRANCONI'S GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven ; Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two. " This trouoe is certainly one of the best we have had in England for some years. The Cirque Imperial may safely count on a long career of prosperity in London."—The Times. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street —Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Holidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective eriods, is now near y complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, ,s. ; extra rooms, ad. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 11111.0. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission la. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Solo Perfornic•rs—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Ilorton, Progratski, M'Kcnney, &c. Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. ti tcENET. . 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwa , ds of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre. parations, Sr.o. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling (ior Gentlemen only). SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. —PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PAL) MANUAL. Free by post, Is. 6d. H 0 R T H A N D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. iF THIS SHOUT) MEET THE EYE of any one troubipa . with Wind in the wrj e Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, Their `take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. id-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of al . medicine vendors at Is. lid. mei 2s. 9d. ; or free by P c ..dt for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. DIGS ! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and In every county in England, 108 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. eoual to 11 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 60, Lant-street, Southwark. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not pereeptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. iwsns. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and \Vestminster Bank. Post-ofilze Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JAcKsoN, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. 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Be sure to ask ter Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. . 2601 '707 2931 3147 3402 3546 4141 4356 2602 2745 2947 3202 3410 3574 4216 4359 2604 2733 2949 3203 3431 3820 4260 4362 2613 2751 2953 3273 3435 3.95 4204 4363 2626 2771 2903 3280 3469 3 , 96 4256 4370 2637 2800 2070 32 , z9 3 . 475 39 2 4308 4165 2667 2800 2976 3336 2529 3913 4309 4520 2083 2836 2977 3318 3539 4006 4117 4563 2594 2875 3;45 3351 3140 4116 4323 4583 2704 2895 3146 3352 3545 4121 4329 4589 were this day publicly DRAWN at the London Tavern, in this city, in the presence of Thomas Hollis, Esq., secretary to the Company, by the undersigned public notary. Notice is also given that of the Bonds so drawn such as have been issued in London will be paid of at par on presentation at the Company's office, No. 2, Old Broad-street, E.C., on and after the Ist day of April next, in addition to the coupon due on that day, at ter which all interest will cease. W. GRAIN, Notary Pulatio. London, Jan. 12,1884. T HIRTY-FIRST REPORT of the UNION BANK OF LONDON. At a Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the Court-room of the Banking House, 2, Princes-street, Man sion House, on Wednesday, the 13th of January, 1864, P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Esq., Governor, in the Chair, the following REPORT was read by the Secretary : The Directors have the pleasure to report that the net profits for the Six Months ending the 31st December last, after payment of all charges (including the sum of £112,487 Is. 10d. tor interest paid and due to customers on their cur rent and deposit accounts), and making amole provision for all bad and doubtful debts, amount to £114,323 11 s. Bd., which, with £668 12e. Sd. brought forward from 30th June last, make together £114,5 , 92 7s. 4d. The Directors now declare a dividend of 13s. per share, clear of income tax, for the six months ending 3 lst Decem b.r last, amounting to £51,000, and leaving a balance of £0,992 7s. 4d. This state of the accounts induces the Directors to antic:- pate that which, in the ordinary course, they would have postponed until July next, in order that the proprietors may participate in the profits of the past six months at the earliest ossible period ; they have, therefore, appropriated £60,000 of the profits of the past halt year to the Reserved Fund ; and out of such Reserved Fund, thus increased to £170,000, they have appropriated £6 , ,000 in adding £1 per share to the paid-up capital of the Company, which will thus be increased from £720,000 to £780,000. After deducting the sums applied in payment of the divi dend, and fo addition to the Re erved Fund, amountin g to gether to £114,00 there will remain a balance of £992 76. 4d, for appropriation in July next. THE UNIO.A BANK OF LONDON. For the Half-Year ending 31st December, 1863. GENERAL BALANCE. LIABILITIES. Capital—£lo per share paid up on 60,000 shares 4600,000 ~ £2 per share aided out of Reserved Profits 120,000 £720,100 0 0 Due by the Bank on Current Accounts. D - - posit Receipts (including interest accrued), and of her obligations 16,472,278 13 7 ft,served Fund, invested in Consols, .s per Contra .. 110,000 0 0 Rebate on Bills not due Balance at credit of Prat and Loss X 17,144,384 5 1 ASSETFI. Cash in the Bank —E741,644 8 8 „ in B ink of England 779,086 13 7 „ lent at Call • r 2,493 331 2 3 Investments in Government Stock, Exche quer Bills, i/ebentures, So £118,460 19s. Sd. Consols (taken at 921) Re served Fund llO,OOO 0 0 Bank Premises consisting of Freehold Buildings in Princes-street, Mansion Howe -street, Argyle-place, and Fleet street i and Lease and Fixtures of No. 4, Pall-mall East . 108,t75 4 5 Loans, Bills Disootinted, dm . 13,811,077 14 3 £17,444,384 5 1 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Amount of Dividend of 18s, per Share Appropriated to Reserved Fund Balance, beine' Undivided Profit carried for ward to next half year on 7 4 CR. £114,092 7 4 Profit unappropriated on 30th June 1.1883 £66B 12 8 Amount of net profit of the half-year ending 31st December, 1883, after deducting all cx. penses, and interest paid, and due £112,4+7 is. 10d.), allowed to customers on their cur rent and deposit accounts ...c £114,902 7 4 The Governor then declared a Dividend for the past Half year of 18s. per share. clear of income tax. Also the capitalisation of £60,001 of the Reserved Fund, by adding £1 per share to each of the 00,00) shares of the Com pany. It was Resolved unanimously— That the report now read be adopted, printed, and circu lated among the Proprietors. That the most cordial thanks of the Meeting be given to the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, and the Directors, for the able, efficient, and profitable manner in which they have conducted he affairs of the Bank during the past half-v. ar. Tha the best thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. W. W. Scrimgeour, the General Manager, for the zeal and abi lity so long displayed by him in the discharge of his impor tant duties. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. Barton, the Manager ; Mr. Inr!pen, the Manager of the Regent-street Branch ; Mr. St. Bute, the Manager of the Charing-cross Branch; Mr. Beattie, the Manazer of the Temple-bar Branch; and to Mr. Newmarch, the Secretary, for the zealous and efficient manner in which they have discharged their several duties. (Signed) P. NORTFIALL LAURIE, Governor. That the thanks of the Meeting be given to P. Northall Laurie, Esq., the Governor, for his conduct in the chair this day. (Signed) JAMES FARQUHAR, Deputy-Governor. Extracted from the Minutes. HENRY NEWMARCH, Secretary, N.B.—The Dividend will be payable on and after Wednes day, the 20th inst. Proprietors, desiring it, may exchange their present cer tificates for new ones expressing that 413 per share have been paid. RIFLE CONFERENCE. The third and concluding meeting of this conference was held yesterday, and was well attended. Lieut.-Col. Halford (Leicestershire Wolunteers) presided, in place of the Duke of Wellington, who was prevented by an imperative engage ment from attending. Mr. Rigby, of the Dublin Rifle Club, read a paper upon the pro'er conditions of rifle matches. Mr. Melford, of Clifton, next read a paper upon the same subject, in which he condemned the proposal to handicap men as unjust and injurious. If all were brought down to a dead level of mediocrity, the final result would be left en tirely to chance, and a deterioration in the general quality of rifle shooting would follow the practical exclusion of the best men from matches. The handicapping of weapons, as 'the Enfield against the small bore, was also objectionable, if not impossible. Mr. Parsons (Hon. Artillery Company) followed with a paper, in which he suggested an arrange ment of prizes into three classes for various degrees of skill in the competitors. Capt. Tyrrell deprecated handicapping of either men or weapons, but recommended that prizes should be less in amount and greater in number. As to the nature of the prizes .he believed a majority of the competi tors would prefer hard cash, but the best plan would Le to give either money or an object of equal value, as the win ner might elect. Mr. Thornby thought that handicapping would be a mistake. Capt. M'Ciregor read a letter from Lord Dude, in which an opinion was expressed that the small-bore weapon now used in matches was useless as a warlike weapon. Capt. M'Gregor proposed a scheme for dividing competitors at rifle matches into three classes, the National Rifle Association to give to certain prizes the cha racter of first or second class. In the course of the general discussion an unanimous opinion was expressed against any system of handicapping, although one gentleman suggested h at upon the ground of expediency, and to maintain the financial success of title meetings, some modification of the present system must be adopted. An increase in the num ber of prizes, and a diminution in their value, was also ad mitted to be desirable, £3O being regarded as the highest sum that should be given at any ordinary meeting as one prize. The question of telescopic and aperture sights evoked much remark, and considerable diversity appeared to pre vail as to their relative merits, and to the propriety of their being used at all. Col. Rutley and Mr. Collette, of the Ist Middlesex Artillery, urged the claims of carbines as a match weapon, the latter gentleman stating that with his own ammunition the carbine made as good practice at short ranges as the Enfield. C a p ta i n Page announced that the National Rifle, Association intended giving a prize for carbine shooting at Wimbledon this year. The chairman having briefly summed up the results of the discussion, and congratulated those present upon the success of the confer ence, which he was sure would be of great benefit, the pro ceedings were then brought to a close by a vote of thanks to the Council of King's College and the contributors of the various papers, The entire basis of treaty arrangements in Europe would be overthrown, if such an'excuss for the breach of a clear and simple treaty could be admitted. Any Sovoreign,when called upon to fulfil his engagements, might say, "My reason for withdrawal from filch a treaty was, that I had made another agreement with one of the parties thereto. This other agreement has bean violated ; my treaty with you is, therefore, null and void." Her Majesty's Government Is convinced that the Court of Dresden will understand that, if such a lineof agreement wore admitted as valid, every existing treaty would beoosne waste paper. I refrain from quoting cases in point, in which such a light and inconsiderate mode of interpreting treaties would prove seriously prejudicial to the German powers themselves. For the present, it may suffice her Majesty's Govern ment to declare that they would consider any departure from the succession Protocol of 1852, on the part of those Powers who had signed, or become parties to the said treaty, as wholly incompatible with good faith.-.-I have, &c., (Signed) RVSSELL. You are requested to leave a copy of this despatch with Baron von Beast. BARON VON BEUST TO COUNT VITZIIVM, SAXON MI- NISTER IN LuNAON. Dresden, Dec. 29. Count,—Mr. Murray has just communicated to me a despatch relating to the affairs of the Duchies of Schleswig Holstein, of which I herewith subjoin a copy. It will be easy for you to point out that Earl Russell's despatch undertakes to establish an opinion in reference to the validity of the London Protocol of May 8, 1852, which was never entertained by the Royal Government; and I presume that her Britannic Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will consider it abortive to enter iato a discussion on such grounds. The Royal Government finds itself is presence of a question which has arisen in consequence of the demise of his Majesty King Frederick VIT. of Denmark, and been brought forward in the Federal Diet, the organ of the German Confederation. The Am bassador of his deceased Majesty at the Diet presented his credentials to be recognised as the representative of King Christian I. in his asserted capacity as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg. At the same time the agnate claims of the Prince cf Augustenburg to the said duchies were submitted to the Federal Diet by the authorised Bavarian ambas sador. The Royal Goveinment on its part wilt pursue no other course than that dictated by justice. Having at the Federal Diet voted in favour of measures which they considered es sential to ensure the complete carrying out of its resolutions it entered upon the study of the succession question, and will give its vote in accordance with the result of this exa minati ,n. As Earl Russell has been pleased to call our attention to the protocol of May 8,1852, it may not be useless to make a few observations on that subject. The act in question, which was intended to establish a new line of succession in Denmark, has been approved and confirmed by the Danish Reichstag, but in order to make it valid, and applicable to the German Duchies, it was neces sary to obtain the consent of the representative of the agnate line of succession, then that of the States, and finally that of the German Federal Diet. Not one of these conditions has been fulfilled. It is conse • quently unnecessary for the Diet, in order to dispute the validity of the treaty of May 8, 1852, relative to the► duchies, to take into consideration its complaints against Deniaark for the violation during many years by that Power of the obligations she had undertaken towards Germany. When invited by the Powers signing the London proto • col to become a party thereto, the Royal Government did not withhold theirconsent—notparticipation—to a combi nation which, if Denmark had faithfully fulfilled her en gagements towards Germany, might have succeeded; for at that time there was a prospect of obtaining the consent of all parties concerned, which was indispensable to render the treaty effectual. An attempt was not even made to secure this participation, because it was clear that in face of the violation by the Danish Government of its obligations, it was impossible to arrive at such a result. In this manner the treaty was left incomplete, and inapplicable in an essen tial part. The Powers signing the treaty cannot surely, therefore, reproach the Federal Diet or its members. The Royal Government, as the British Cabinet will doubtless recollect, has already on a former occasion dis tinctly declared that it was not their intention to anticipate the resolutions which the Confederation, through the organ of the Federal Diet, might find it advisable to arrive at. The case which was foreseen at that time has presented itself to-day, and the Royal Government make use of the liberty which they wisely reserved. I venture to hope that this explanation of the true state of affairs will give Earl Russell a just appreciation of our conduct, as his well-known sense of right and justice leads us to expect. • It is in fact enough to possess honourable in tentions to acknowledge that the Royal Government never thought of departing therefrom. y ou w ill have the goodness, Count, to read this despatch to the Chief Seoretary for Foreign Affairs, and leave with him a oopy of the same. (Signed) BEUST. The foregoing was sent to Earl Russell by Count Vitzthum, accompanied by the following memo randum _ COUNT VITZTEUX TO EARL RUSSELL. Hobart-place, Jan. 4. I wrote to your lordship this morning to request the honour of an interview, bat as you will scarcely be able to see me to-morrow before the Cabinet Council, at which I hear liberty of g Holsteinnd you questiont4 the subjoined copy of a despatch which reached me this morning. I t i s t h e rep l y of Baron von sen Beust to your lordship's despatch of the 17th December. As you will doubtless remember, we have never used the arguments combated by you in the document referred to, and have at all. times. .maintained that the rights of the German Duchies are established on a strong and sere foun dation. One principal reasen..for not voting with the ma - jorily at the sitting of the Diet on the 7th December was ow ing, perhaps, to ear having been unable to discover any formal connection bet seen the Danish obligations of 1851 and the treaties of 1852, although he did not wish to deny the existence of a moral connection. We have not said, and do not say, "The Treaty of 1862 is null and void so long as Denmark has not fulfilled her engagements of 1851." We say rather, merely— A treaty has been concluded in which certain arrangements for the future have been prepared. But the event for which the said treaty made arrangements has not occurred. King Frederick - VII. is certainly deceased without issue ; he is a lso deceased without being able to i n t ro d u ce legally and rightfully into the German portion of h ry succession which the ie would have been boun d to maintain h ad the above-mentioned arrangeme nts really thoroughly been c arr i e d ou t. A s thi s l e B re s d latter is not the case, the treaty of itself h as no t a tt a i ne d per siigan P at as or ess s io to possessions the the treaty new of h 2 i had ta in view, an d w hi c h they fection on account of the non .accomplishment of three ma terial preliminary conditions. 1. The consent of the collective agnates. 2. The consent of the estates of Schleswig and Holstein. 3. The consent of the German Confederation. German history affords an instance of striking similitude. I mean the so-called "Pragmatic Sanction." Karl VI., failing male issue, desired to alte r the existing order of succession in favour of his daughter. He co nc l u d e d t rea ti es with all the principal Powers. Did these treaties satisfy him ? No. He held it for ri g ht and wise to lay the Prag matic Sanction before the Es tates and P rovincial Assemblies of his different territories, a nd they accepted it. Th e conse quence of this was, that when at a later p er i o d f or eign Powers sought to rob Maria Theresa of ccrtain portions of her inheriianee the people rose to defend the rights of the Empress. ,c H a d F re d er i c k VII. acted in the present case with the same wialcm as Karl VI., and had the peopl. 3 of Schliswig d ec lared themselves in f a vour of and Christian Holstein I x ~ openly a s di d d t hee c Austrians and Hungarians at that time for the Empress, are you of opinion that Gei'many would have stepped in and questioned the legality of the succession which the Treaty of London sought to arrange ? I confidently hope your lordship will pardon these few " That the visiting justices of each prison be requested to inquire and report to the Court on the next county day the number of Roman Catholic prisoners that have passed through each prison during the last 12 months, the number of Roman Catholic prisoners then in each prison, and the number of Roman Catholic prisoners in each prison who have been visited by a priest during the preceding three months." He said that, in making this motion, it was necessary that he should explain why he brought it forward after the de cision which had been come to by the last Court. At that court a motion was submitted to them which rather took them by surprise. For want of authentic information they were not prepared to pronounce an opinion on the question laid before them. He thought it desirable that they should approach the subject of the Prison Ministers Aot with the facts necessary to a right judgment in their possession, and therefore he had given notice of a motion for obtaining from the visiting justices the statistical information referred to in his resolution. The Prison Ministers Act contained two important provisions, the first of which evidently contem plated that where there was a large number of prisoners differing from the Established Church, a minister of their own faith should be appointed and paid to attend them ; and the second contemplated the admission of such a minister to visit them, whether the requested it or not, in cases where the number of such prisoners was few, and where the expense of engaging a chaplain for them might not be justified. The real question to be considered in their county, as he took it, would arise under the first of those two provisions. The main question—viz., whether it was desirable to appoint a paid minister of any persuasion other than that of the Established Church—ought, however, to be deferred until they knew officially what was the precise number of Roman Catholic prisoners who passed through the gaols of Middlesex. When the proper time arrived, if the statistics for which he asked were such as he anticipated they would be, he would be prepared to state the reasons why he thought the Court should carry out the provisions of the Act. Another notice of motion on this subject had been given by Mr. Turner, the first part of which closely resembled his own, but it went on to suggest that the visit ing justices should also be asked to report their opinion as to the expediency of appointing a Roman Catholic chaplain in accordance with the new Act. Now, he objected entirely to anything like an invitation of an expression of opinion from any section of the Court. Mr. Cox being here called to order for anticipating the discussion of a motion not yet re gularly before them, concluded by moving his resolution for returns. Mr. T. TURNER said it might be convenient if he now moved his resolution by way of amendment, instead of troubling the court with two discussions on the mule sub jeer. He was quite ready to adopt Mr. Cox's motion as far as it went, but he thought they ought to go further. Mr. Cox was opposed to inviting any expression of opinion from the visiting justices of their prisons; but it certainly had been usual, when any measure was suggested affecting the administration of any particular institution, to invite from those magistrates, who had special charge of that institu tion, not only a statement of those facts which were impor tant for the information of the Court, but also an expression of opinion resulting from their own experience and intimate knowledge of all the details of the case, Moreover, even when the Court had before them the opinion of the commit tee, they could throw it aside if they did not approve it; and certainly it could do no possible harm. His present motion was in substance the same as he had moved by way of amendment when that question was last before the Court. Some members might not be aware of the different alter natives which the Act presented for their consideration. They were not limited to the simple course of appointing a minister of the Roman Catholic persuasion to attend the prisoners of that Church in their houses of correction and paying him a salary. It was also competent for them to leave the visiting justices of each prison to exercise the per missive power vested in them by the Act of inviting, or not refusing, the voluntary services of any Roman Catholic priest who might offer them, reserving the matter of his remuneration for future consideration. 110°, the Court refused, on the last county day, specially to a ;noint a Roman Catholic chaplain, but they still might eelopt the second alternative be bad just mentioned. He was him self rather is favour of that course, much as bit by bit re form had been derided. Without, therefore, interfering with their previews decision the Court might accede to his motion, unless, indeed, they were perfectly satisfied with the working of the present system, and thought nothing at all should be done under the new Act. rho Court would, he believed, be slovi entirely to disregard on that subject a decision of the Leislature concurred in by the leading men of all parties. But, not to rest his case on the deference due to the Legislature, reasonable as he thought that deference, let him remind them of one or two facts as to the state of Coldbath-fields Prison, with which, as chairman of the visiting justices, he was personally acquainted. There were upwards of 1,800 prisoners there at their last Friday's meeting, and of that number 380 were Roman Catholics. How many of those 380 would the Court suppose had been visited by a minister of their own persuasion during the preceding weak ? Why, only eight I and small as that number was, he believed it was twice the ordinary weekly average. There were not more, he believed, than four Roman Catholic prisoners per week who made a special request to see a minister of their own Church. Was that a satisfactory state of things P What became of the remaining 372? Did they, through the magical effect of their incarceration, immediately become good members of the Church of England, and, by attending the prison chapel, renounce their connexion with their own creed ? Nobody could conclude anything of the kind. The great mass cf them passed through their prison life without any religious exercises whatever. Roman Catholic prisoners were now allowed to be visited by their priests, provided they specially requested it, but not etherwise. On what grounds was that permitted ? Not on the ground of fa vour duo to good conduct, because, be the prisoner's con duct bad or good, his request was equally granted or equally retused, The ground was either that they would not deny him a right—the right of having religious ministration in conformity with his own faith—or else that they allowed it for purposes of reformation. If they granted it because nobody confined in a prison ahould be subjected to a religious disability from which he was exempt outside its walls, it surely ought to be extended to those who did not make a special request equally with those who did. Moreover, if it was granted for purposes of reforma tion to those who made a special request, clearly those who made no such request required that reformatory in- fluence most of all. (Hear.) On principle, then, the pre sent system could not be defended, and nobody acquainted with the state of crime in the country could regard its practical working as any more satisfactory. He trusted, therefore, that the Court would adopt his amendment, viz. : " That it be referred to the Committee of the Visiting Justices of the three county prisons to inquire and report to the Court what numbers of Roman Catholic prisoners have been committed to each prison (stating separately the numbers of adults and juveniles of each sex), during each of the three years ending respectively, Michaelmas, 1861, Michaelmas, 1862, and Michaelmas, 1863, and also what are the present numbers of such prisoners within the same pri sons respectively. And that such committee do report further whether, having regard to the numbers of the Roman Catholic prisoners within the aforesaid prisons respectively, and to the circumstances of each prison, it is in their opinion advisable that a minister of the Roman Catholic Church should be appointed by the Court, under the provisions of the 'Prison Ministers Act, 1863,' to attend on the prisoners belonging to that Church, at each or either of the prisons ; or whether it appears to them preferable for the Court to leave it to the visiting justices of each prison to act, if they think fit, upon the authority vested in them by the said act (in the event of no such nomination as aforesaid being made) to permit the visits of a Roman Catholic minister to pri soners belonging to that Church, without any special re quest for such visits on the part of the prisoners themselves; or whether, lastly, they are of opinion that it will be fit and proper to leave the ministrations to Roman Catholic pH toners, in each or either of such prisons, on their present footing. And that such committee be requested, in the event of their recommending the nomination by the Court of ministers of the Roman Catholic Church to each or either of the said prisons, to state whether any and what annual or other sums ought, in their opinion, to be awarded to such ministers respectively in remuneration for their ser vices. And that the committee be requested to state to the Court the grounds upon which their recommendations or opinions upon the abavo points respectively shall have beeu fouuded." Mr. BAKER Seconded the amendment. Lord EBURY thought that, instead of• extending to the wide question opened by the amendment, the discussion ought, if possible, to be confined to Mr. Cox's simple pro position—viz., that they should be furnished with fuller in formation. Very recently the Court came to a decision ad verse to the appointment of a Roman Catholic minister in accordance with the act of. Parliament; and the avowed object of Mr. Turner's amendment was to induce them to reverse that decision. He sincerely hoped that that deci eion would be reversed; but the mode of attaining that end most congenial to the Court would be by now limiting their action to a request for further information. The wain question at issue was clearly one of proportion and degree, depending upon the character and religious denominations of tha inmates of their prisons; and if an interval were allowed for members to obtain accurate returns on the subject, ho thought the convenience as well as the de corum of the Couit would be much promoted. Mr. LAWRIE said that although the question was disposed of at their last meeting, it was disposed of avowedly on the ground that they had not before them the statistics requi site to guide them to a right decision upon. it. They knew, indeed, practically what the effect of those statistics would be; but ttey had not yet that information in en official and authentic shape. That deficiency Mr. Cox's resolution would supply, end it would hereafter be 01/01 to him to found a further motion upon the returns. Mr. Turner's proposal to refer the main question to any section of the Court was very objectionable. Matters of detail might very well be so referred; but that was a question, not of detail, but of principle, and as such it should be dealt wi-h by the Court on their own responsibility. Would they or would they not recognise the principle of the Prison Ministers Bill ? He believed they ultimately would. It was their bounden duty to do so. and if they did not they would virtually abrogate the act of Parliament as far as that county was concerned. (No.) That was his own individual opinion. The adoption or rejection of the act should be discussed, after fair notice, by the whole body of the magistrates, who ought not to shrink from pronouncing a decision upon it ; and, if they agreed to adopt it, then would be the time for referring to the visiting justices points of detail as to salary, or the mode of giving effect to that decision. Under the second section of the act, the visiting justices had power to admit a Roman Catholic minister to the prisons if they thought fit. If, in a prison containing 1,800 prisons: s, they found 330 Protes tants, did anybody doubt that they would have a Protestant chaplain ! Then, on the principle of doing as they would be done by, it was their duty to have a Roman Catholic chaplain for the 380 prisoners of that faith at Coldbath fields. They were required to do it by the Act. ("No.") Practically, the Act was obligatory upon them. (" No ; it is discretionary.") No doubt it was an injunction left to their candour and honourable feeling by the Legislature. because the circumstances of particular districts were so various that one fixed uniform rule could not be made uni versally binding.. But the preamble of the Act expressly, declared that the present system was defective and req4ed amending and extending. They had no right, &At - to — rot ' up their own opinion that the present practice was sufficient in opposition to the declared will of parliament. He did not deal with that as a religious question, but as a question of the respect due to an Act of Parliament. At the proper time he should vote for the appointment of a stated minister for the Roman Catholic prisoners. It was said that what they did for prisoners of that persuasion they must do for prisoners of all their denominations. No doubt, a single soul was infinitely precious, but the Legislature had made numbers the test in this matter ; cud, moreover, there were no such broad distinctions between Dissenters and the Church of England as made submission to the ministrations of the latter a sin on the part of the former, as was the case with Doman Catholics, Apprehensions of proselytism had been expressed, but it did not lie in their mouths to talk about proselytism when every one of the 380 Roman Catholic prisoners referred to was liable every day to be called upon by a Protestant chaplain, and might be compelled to receive his ministrations (" No I")—not, indeed, in the chapel, but in his cell. Mr. Cox withdrew his motion in favour of the first para graph of the amendment, which then became the subsi antive motion, Mr. Turner consenting to limit his proposal for the present to a mere request for returns. Mr. HALSWELL thought there was a practical difficulty in the way of their agreeing to the resolution for returns. At the Westminster House of Correction, for example, he believed the particulars now asked for were not kapt on re-' cord, and therefore could not be furnished. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE hoped it would bo distinctly under stood that if the motion now proposed was agreed to the hands of the Court would not thereby be in any way tied when they came to discuss the question of principle here after. Mr. Turner's motion for returns was then agreed to nenz. con., with the addition of words suggested by Mr. Stanford, to embrace the statistics of other denominations besides Roman Catholics as far as they can be obtained. Mr. LAAVILIE then gave notice that on next county day, if the returns now ordered were produced, he intended to move tbat, having regard to the number of Roman Caiholic prisoners within the three prisons in that county, it is expe dient to appoint for each of such prisons a minister of that church, at a reasonable remuneration, under the provisions of the Prison Ministers Act. Ad j THE CITY REMEITERANCER, --- Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, a special Court of Common Coun cil wat.. held at Gaildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, to elect a mbrancer for the City of London, in the place of Mr. Edwara who resigned the office, which is one of great antiquity in the summer of last year, in consi , h and advanced age, after a ser • deration of declining heat , :. vice in the corporation extena;:ig over half a century. Great by the members of the iderable emolument, interest was taken in the ceremony' cor poration, the office being one of con , . and there being as many as 11 candidates. By a recent vote of the Common Council the salary, which until now has fluctuated in amount, and which of late years hen averaged £2,003, was fixed at £1,500 a year, with an annual allow ance of £4OO besides for office expenses. The candidates, stating their names in alphabetical order, were Mr. Brandon Woodthorpe, of Mill-hill, Barnes-com mon, barrister, and Registrar of the Lord Mayor's Court— Mr. Henry Edwards Brown, of 8, Parliament-street,West minster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—ldr. William Corrie, 20, Leicester-square, barrister, and magistrate at Bow-street police-court—Mr. James Crosby, 3, Church court, Old Jewry, solicitor—Mr. George Colwell Oke, Queen's-road, Peckham, ass . stant-clerk to the Lord XillYur —Mr. James Pearse Peachey, 3, New-square, Lincoln inn, barrister—Mr. Henry Thomas Riley, M.A., 31, St. Peter's-square, Hammersmith, barrister—Mr. Samuel Spofforth, 12, Great George-street, Westminster, Parlia mentary agent and solicitor—Mr. Ed ward Walmisley, 26, Abingdon-street, Westminster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—Mr. John R. L. Walmisley, 5, Victoria-street, Westminster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—and Mr. John Samuel Wilde, 10, Sergeant's inn, Fieet-strect, bar rister and Parliamentary draughtsman and conveyancer. On the motion of Mr. H, L. TAYLOR, seconded by Mr. KEARNS, the Court first reduced the 11 candidates to four by poll, then from four to two, and afterwards decided the election by a third poll, which, in pursuance of a standing order, was kept open one hour. By the first poll seven of the candidates were eliminated--namely, Mr. Brown, Mr, Oke, Mr. Peachey, Mr. Riley, Mr. Spofforth, Mr. Edward Walmisley, and Mr. John Walmisley, and the field of choice was narrowed to Mr. Corrie, who had 127 votes—Mr. Brandon, 111—Mr. Crosby, 84—and Mr. Wilde, 60. The second operation resulted in Mr. Crosby and Mr. Wilde being struck off. The contest finally lay between Mr. Corrie and Mr. Brandon, who by the second poll had respectively 103 and 64 votes. At the close of the poll the Lord Mayor stated that 100 votes had been recorded for Mr. Corrie, and 57 for Mr. Brandon. He therefore declared the election to have fallen upon Mr. Corrie. The successful candidate did not enter into the competi tion until the eleventh hour. The Aldermen almost to a man voted for him, as did the great majority of the Common Council, ana the result of the election appeared to give general satisfaction to the members of the Court. It may be mentioned as a coincidence that Mr. Corrie polled pre cisely the same number of votes (100) when a few years ago he was a candidate for the office of Judge of the Sheriffs' Court of the Corporation, and was defeated by a majority of one. Mr. Corrie was originally educated as a solicitor, but afterwards studied for the Bar, to which he was called by the Inner Temple in June, 1836. He practised for some years before committees of the Houses of Lords and Com mons, in the Common Law Courts, and in patent cases in the Court of Chancery. He was at one time Judge of the now defunct Palace Court, in respect of which office, on the abolition of the court, he was allowed a pension until he became a police magistrate, when he was obliged t, re linquish it in consequence of holding an office under the Crown. Of late years he has been chiefly known as one of the stipendiary magistrates at the Bow-street Police -court. A NEW COMEDIETTA, by Mr. Troughton, is underlined at the Strand ; also A NEW FARCE by Mr. Hancock. No HOME complete without a WILCOX AND GIBBS' SEWING-MACHINE. Simple, compact, efficient, durable, and noiseless. Warranted to fulfil all the requirements of a perfect family machine. Prospectus free on application at No. 135, Regent-street, W.—[AnvT.] [A D VERTISEMENT.) —Consumption, all nervous, bilious liver, and stomach complaints, la every stage, are only ag gray sited and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabic.% Food, as proved by thousands o f cases wh i ch had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,911. Mlis Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration„ exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange. Commissaire dc Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 64,816. The Rev. James I'. Campbell, Pakeuham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which bad resisted all medical reatment. In tins, Ilb, 2s 9d ; 21b, is 6d ; sth. Its; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Cr., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists in every town of the United Kingdom. His continuance in tho 6th Dragoons" can therlore no logger be permitted, and he will be removed from the regi ment accordingly. Surgeon Turnbull, in like manner, has laid himself open to the gravest censure. His conduct with reference to thc entries in ►,he hospital records will become the subject of further inquiry, and should his explanations not prove satisfactory, most serious notice must necessarily be taken of his prt,,...,-olugs ; but, at all events, his continuance is the inniskilling Dragoons has become impossible. Lieutenant and Adjutant Fitzsimon has by Ids replies ard • evasive eswers proved himself uttiilty nuft‘iii the post of adjutant, the duties of which ha carried out in so uns title- factory a manner, as proved by his own evidence. It is further most undesirable that he should contin'ie in the 6th Dragoons. He therefore will likewise be removed from the regiment. The general tone and temper evinced by a portion of the officers of the Inniskilling Dragoons is most deplorable. When the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief issued his Memcrandum on the Mhow court-martial he was not, as he is now, aware of the extent of ill-feeling which actually prevailed. Discipline cannot be maintained when such views are entertained by any portion of the officers of the regiment, and it greatly redounds to the credit of the corps generally that its efficiency did not suffer more by the insubordintto and defiant tone manifested by some of its leading mem bers. The sad and painful lesson which has been experienced by all will, it is hoped, not be forgotten by those who have escaped censure. `Without discipline an army is worse than useless, and, under all circumstances, it must, therefore, ba maintained. His Royal Highness, having had a personal and inti mate knowledge of what the Inniskilling Dragoons were in former days, is most painfully impressed with the a tercd tone of the regiment in respect of too many of its offiers which is now brought to his notice. Bad elements - must have been introduced, which have tended to this lament able change in a corps second to none in former days, both as regards discipline and eIM iency. The Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief trusts that the decisive steps now taken may at once and for ever put a stop to similar practices, alike destructive to the interests of the corps and to those of the individuals concerned. His Royal Highness cannot conclads these remarks without observing that he considers it due to the Comman der. in-Chief in India to state that, while he is still of opi nion that the character for sobriety of Sergeant-Major Lilley up to the period of his arrest was supported by the evidence before the Court, statements were subsequently made to Sir H. Rose, borne out by the opinions of the me dical officers of the regiment, which explain to th. Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief the grounds upon which that distinguished General officer made the observatiots on that portion of the case included in his remarks on the Mbow court martial. By command of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanc.ing- in-Chief. W. F, FORSTER, Military Secretary. TRIAL OF ARMOUR PLATES, Denmark is following in the wake of the great Continental Powers, who, before commencing their armour clads, have instituted competitive trials between the resistance shied by various plates of the same thickness manufactured in England and in France. The announcement made acme time back that French plates were about to compete with ours in the markets of Europe created a feeling among our manufacturers which was at first one of astonish ment, and which became almost one of consternation when at a trial of some French plates at Portsmouth they gave some really remarkable results as re garded their powers of resistance. How the French managed to produce such good plates as were then experimented upon is a mystery to this day ; for, although since the unlocked for success of these few specimens they have regularly competed side by side with ours in various parts of Europe, their failure has been so rapid and so total as to drive tn ,ern out of the market &most as quickly as they bad enter ,ed it. Nowhere were they more signally de feated an before the French effieers at Vincennes, have been officially and since t.'lat time they con demned in R ub sia, Holland, Sweden, England, and now, again, i n D,nmark. This last experiment NT as begun in the arsenal near Copenhagen on the 27ile of last month. Th e t r a,. - 1 lasted over several deys and the results have j us t leeen made public. Five plates were experimented upell — namelY , one from om the Lancefisld Gaudet and Co., Lyons ; one fa: Company, Glasgow ; one from the Thalles Ironworks, London ; one from Messrs. Rigby's es" orks, Glas gow; and one from the Atlas works of Br own and Co., Sheffield. All the plates were of about the same size-151t by 3-1-ft ; each was 42i0 thick, and backed to resemble the Warrior target, which is everywhere taken as the standard of resistance, upon 18in. of teak beams. The guns used were the usual 9ocwt. 63-pounder naval ordnance, loaded with the full service charge of 16ib. After three shots at eecti plate those of Gaudet and Co., the Lancefield works, and Tnames Ironworks were so injured as to be de elared by the Commission to be unfit for further competition. Messrs. Rigby's plate received four shots as close together as they could be aimed, and Messrs. Brown and Co.'s five shots, similarly directed, in a small space, without either showing signs of crack and very little of yielding. The firing was resumed on the 4 of this month, when another 41 -inch plate of Messrs. Cammell and Co., of Shef field, was added to the list of competitors, and it was then determined by the Commission to continue the firing as nearly as possible upon the same spot on each plate till it was fairly destroyed. Messrs. Catnmell's plate was the first of the three which yielded. Eight shots destroyed it, but both the seventh and the eighth carried away large pieces of the iron which had previously cracked. Messrs. Rigby's plate took seven shots is addition to what it had received on the first day before it was broken through, and the eighth shot carried a large piece of the plate through the backing. The firing at as it happened, been mire this plate, however, had, concentrated than that against Camrnell's. Messrs. Brown and Co.'s plate received nine shots, in a spice of 60 inches by 30 inches. The " last straw" was the ninth shot, which cracked the plate severely, bat no part of it was broken, nor, comparatively speaking, was the backing injured. The Danish Commission, therefore, declared the order of merit to be—Messrs. John Be o evn and C,., Sheffield, first ; Messrs. Rigby and Ce., Glasgow, second ; mud Messrs. Cammell and Co., Sheffield, tl.ird. THE GREAT CLOCK.—" It is a triumph of ingennity." - - Daily Telegraph, March 31, 1862. Clocks by the first artists of the day for the drawing room, dining room . bed room, library, hall, staircase, bracket, carriage, church, turret, rail ways, warehouse, counting house, musical, and astronomical. Church and turret ciccks specially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks (free by post for two stamps), with descriptions and prices, enables those who live in any part of the world to select a clock ee Also a ne short p.im r rplilzelet on cathedral and public clo cks, medal aged honourable mention in classes St and IS. J. W. 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